Oh daughter-in-law of King NandagOpA , who has the proud gait of elephants
and who is known for His valiant shoulders with invincible strength ( that
he would never leave a battle field without victory). Oh Nappinnai
with enchanting fragrant black tresses ! Kindly unlock Your door. Hearken
, the cocks have awakened now everywhere and are making lound noises. Hearken,
even the group of cuckoos , sitting on the bower of Maadhavi (Kurukkatthi)
flowers , have cooed gently many times. Oh Young Lady holding the sporting
ball with Your fingers as BhOgOpakaraNam ! As we wish to sing about
Your Lord's names , please come with joy and open the door with Your
red lotus-like soft hands , which create a plesant sound (sunAdham)from
the movement of Your bracelets adorning Your forearms .(This is the famous
Paasuram associated with AchAryA RaamAnujA's swoon , when he identified
AthtuzhAi , the daughter of his AchAryAn , with Nappinnai , when she(Atthuzhai)
opened the door of her house with jangling bangles to offer Bikshai to
RamanujA ).

In this Paasuram , an esoteric doctrine of Sri Vaishnavism is included.
According to this doctrine , the Lord and Sri Devi are inseparable and they
serve together as UpAyam (means) and UpEyam (Ultimate goal) .This
fundamental doctrine is known as "Yeka Seshithvam" . With this in
mind, ANDAL wakes up Goddess Nappinnai , the consort of the Lord now and appeals
to Her.

Literal meaning of the Paasuram
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Oh daughter-in-law of King NandagOpA , who has the proud gait of elephants
and who is known for His valiant shoulders with invincible strength ( that
he would never leave a battle field without victory). Oh Nappinnai
with enchanting fragrant black tresses ! Kindly unlock Your door. Hearken
, the cocks have awakened now everywhere and are making lound noises. Hearken,
even the group of cuckoos , sitting on the bower of Maadhavi (Kurukkatthi)
flowers , have cooed gently many times. Oh Young Lady holding the sporting
ball with Your fingers as BhOgOpakaraNam ! As we wish to sing about
Your Lord's names , please come with joy and open the door with Your
red lotus-like soft hands , which create a plesant sound (sunAdham)from
the movement of Your bracelets adorning Your forearms .(This is the famous
Paasuram associated with AchAryA RaamAnujA's swoon , when he identified
AthtuzhAi , the daughter of his AchAryAn , with Nappinnai , when she(Atthuzhai)
opened the door of her house with jangling bangles to offer Bikshai to
RamanujA ).

Inner meanings according to Abhinava Desikan
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In our AarAdhanam , we awaken (invoke) AchAryan and Ananatha-Garuda-VishvaksEnar
(nithyasooris) first and then awaken PirAtti. Here through the
awakening of Nappinnai , all the three parties are awakened .

In KrishNavathAram , unitl the time of the Lord's residence in Gokulam
, Nappinai PirAtti was PradhAnam (chief wife)and enjoyed the andharangam
of the Lord. Nappinnai is the incarnation of NeeLA dEvi.Therefore , the
Gopis approach Nappinnai seeking her intercession (PurushakAram). Without
PurushakAram of PirAtti, Saasthrams say that one should not approach
BhagavAn . Even PirAtti would not intervene unless that the chEthanam has
sath sahavAsam and SadAchArya sambhandham.Therefore as poorvAngam (preliminaries
), the Gopis related to the gate keepers, and NandhagOpan . Nappinai's close
relative is NandhagOpan . Therefore, the Gopis address Napinnai cleverly
as " NandhagOpAlan MarumahaLE "here.

NandhagOpan's Isvaryam is indicated with " Unthu mathakaLiRRin OdAtha
ThOlvaliyan" in this paasuram . Besides his wealth of cattle ,
NandagOpAlan is known for the herd of elephants befitting his role as the
king of GopAs. His Bhuja bala parakramam is also indicated by the reference to
the elephants in rut , which NandhagOpan is able to subjugate .

"vanthengum KOZHI azhaitthana KaaNN ": The reference to kOzhi
(Cock) is a reference to one of the Vaishnava LakshaNams. VaishNavAs are said to
be like "(1)Kokku(Crane) , (2)kOzhi ,(3) Uppu (salt) and(4) Oomai (dumb) .
In the case of kOzhi, it wakes up in the morning and wakes others up by crowing
three times. The reasons for crowing thrice are given as:

(1) to remind us about thrikAla sandhyAvandhanam
(2)To remind us about the japam of three rahasyams: Thirumanthiram ,
Dhvayam and charama slOkam
(3) to remind us thatWe need the three lakshaNams:BrAmanathvam ,VaishNavathvam
and Prapannathvam.

kOzhi also stirs up the dirt and picks the essentials and discards the
rest(kuppai kiLaruthal).It is hence a Saara-grAhi.